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Eliezer Spiegel
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “footballer who played for maccabi petah tikva and for israel national football team in the 40's and 50's and la”. Today it says “footballer and manager”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli footballer and manager (1922–2017)”. It now reads “Israeli footballer and manager (1922–2017) * Club domestic league appearances and goals”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Eliezer Spiegel (born 20 June 1922) was a footballer who played for Maccabi Petah Tikva and for Israel national football team in the 1940s and 1950s.1 He later became a manager .2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “footballer who played for maccabi petah tikva and for israel national football team in the 40's and 50's and la”. Today it says “footballer and manager”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli footballer and manager (1922–2017)”. It now reads “Israeli footballer and manager (1922–2017) * Club domestic league appearances and goals”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
footballer who played for maccabi petah tikva and for israel national football team in the 40's and 50's and la
Now
footballer and manager
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